AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)
AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)
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AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)

Human Highway (Desert of Pharan series)

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AHMED MATER (B. 1979, TABUK)
Human Highway (Desert of Pharan series)
Laserchrome print on KODAK real photo paper
image: 47 ¼ x 71in. (120 x 180.5cm.)
framed: 56 ¾ x 80 ¾ x 2 ½in. (144.3 x 205 x 6.3cm.)
Executed in 2012, this work is number three from an edition of five
Provenance
Athr Gallery, Jeddah.
Dr Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Collection, Beirut (acquired from the above in 2016).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. David (ed.), Ahmed Mater: Desert of Pharan, Unofficial Histories behind the Mass Expansion of Mecca, Oslo 2016, p. 622 (another version illustrated in colour, p. 486).
Exhibited
Kochi, First Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2012.
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Common Grounds, 2015, p. 16 (another version exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 126-127).
Washington, Smithsonian Institution, Symbolic Cities: The work of Ahmed Mater, 2016 (another version exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 6).
Detroit, Arab American National Museum, Epicenter X, 2017 (another version exhibited).
New York, Brooklyn Museum, Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys, 2017-2018 (another version exhibited).
San Gimignano, Galleria Continua, Mitochondria: Powerhouse, 2017-2018 (another version exhibited).
Tennessee, Art Museum of University of Memphis, Desert to Delta, 2017-2018 (another version exhibited).
Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah Economic City, Drum roll, please, 2018 (another version exhibited).
Paris, Galleria Continua, Stand in The Pathway and See, 2018-2019 (another version exhibited).

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